Marathon bombing suspect's friend could be released

BOSTON (AP) - Lawyers for a man charged with lying to investigators after the Boston Marathon bombings are asking a judge to release him from jail, saying he had nothing to do with the bombings and isn't a flight risk.

A detention hearing is scheduled Monday for Robel Phillipos. Phillipos is charged with lying to investigators about visiting suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's (joh-HAHR' tsahr-NEYE'-ehvz) college dorm room after the bombings. Two other friends are charged with conspiring to obstruct justice by concealing and destroying evidence.